THE SPORT OF RACING

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11652, 17 October 1923, Page 10

THE SPORT OF RACING

HORSES ARRIVING FOR WELLINGTON MEETING

YESTERDAY’S TRACK WORK IN THE WET

GENERAL NOTES AND COMMENTS

FIXTURES October 20, 22—Wellington R.C. Spring. October 20, 22—Gore K.C. Spring. October 22 —Waipawa Country R.C. An* nual. October 22—Waikato Hunt Annual. October 22—Kangioru K.C. Annual. October 22—Waverley ICC. Annual. October 23—Levin K.C. Annual (at Tren- , tliam). October 25, 2"—Poverty Bay Turf Club Spring. Jctober 27—Carterton K.C. Annual. October 31 —Birchwood Hunt Annual. November 3 —New Zealaml Cup. November 3,5, and 10—Canterbury J.C. Metropolitan. November 10—Upper Clutlia K.C, Annual. ARRIVALS AT TRENTHAIVI Trainers and their horses are beginning to arrive at Trentham for tho Wellington meeting. The first of tho outsiders here was T. Clarke, who brought Comical, Bagdad, and Diamond .Bin© through on Saturday evening. Kilbird arrived on Monday, after racing at Masterton on Friday and Saturday. P. Hazelman is located, at tho course with Bonnie Heather, Zouave, Blonde, Hall Mark, and Miss O’Dille. Kedsome was brought on from Masterton, and Panart and Pent Etre are here. The New Plymouth trainer, E. George, landed Stork and Hipo by train on Tuesday night. W. Donovan lias arrived , with Crishna and J. Farmer with Suggestion and Re-* frigeration. TEAMS COMING H. Cutts is due at Trentham with two horses to-morrow morning. S. Waddell will come through from Hastings on Thursday with four, and the same train will bring R. Gooseman with one. F. Tilley is bringing four, and is due tomorrow, while R. Knox has booked accommodation for two. One of the biggest teams engaged at the meeting will be that of Ms W. R. Kemball, whose trainers are bringing six horses. YESTERDAY’S TRACK WORK Yesterday morning was wild and stormy at Trentham, and rain fell heavily. A downpour overnight had thoroughly soaked the tracks, and the conditions for galloping were very bad. .The inside grass and tbe sand track were open for use, but the going was slippery, and few trainers attempted anything in the way of fast work. Some of the trainers who took their hoi*6es to the track before breakfast returned them to their boxes without working them. J. Lowe was one of the early workers, sending Blue Socks (C. Reed) and Carawock (A. Reed) a round together on the : grass. It had been intended to jump. I both of them, but the schooling wan ! postponed. \ Laughing Stock (A. Reed) and Kilroyal ! (C. Reed) were given a run at threequarter pace on the grass. Star Ranger was worked on the grass. Martinique (A. J. Thorner; was worked alone, and hit out well. Bayana (A. J. Thorner) I&so was worked alone. She was not extended, but went nicely R. O’Donnell sent the majority of his team home without working them. | Scion (D. Leslie) and truest (H. Wheeler) were both given half-puce work. Royal Divorce (F. MeUoiern) ana Giaive (D. Lee lie.' did half a mile in (D. Butler) was Given strong work, without being asked to gallop. Bonny Friend (D. Butler) and Petunia (P. Mcßrearty) were sent a round together, and Petunia went? the better of the pair. Peut Etre and Panart were both worked with big weights up. S. Reid’s trio, Merit (T. Page), GUmpee (C. Reed), urttl Piquant (A. Reed) were given a run over a sxjrint course. Others who worked before breakfast were Redsome and Suggestion. Kilbird was on the track after breakfast, and, with R. Hunt in the saddle, was worked on the grass. The Masterton winner looks well, and his recent racing has not disturbed him at all. Printemps, who does »ioi look right, was sent round at something above halipa<o Bagdad and Diamond Ring were sent six furlongs on the grass. They were quite at home in the bad going. lbe last half-mile took ofiscc and the Ja»st three furlongs 42 l-ose*. This is equal to lmin 24sec for the six furlongs. Comical was sent over three fences, and jumped satisfactorily. Gazeworthy and Sottano went six furlongs. the last four in 55fiec. Although it is said that he has not done a great deal of work, Suggestion looks well, and should bo a very tit horse before the meeting is through. THE COURSE The course proper at Trentham is in great condition. It has a beautiful carpet of grass, and if tho weather clears to-day. or even to-morrow, the going on Saturday will be good. Anxious eyes will be turned on the weather for the rest of the week, and early investors at the present time are in. a quandary. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By "Carbine/*) Carterton acceptances are duo on Friday. Silver Peak, whose engagements at the Wellington meeting have not been continued, may have said good-bye to the racing track. It is reported from the south that she is in danger of breaking down and that she may bo sent to tho stud and mated with Solforino. Sir Geo. Clifford-lias established a fine record in the Dunedin Guineas, as out of 11 contests since its inception he has provided the winner on six occasions. “Uav Juliet was palpably short of work when she went out to content the Dunedin Guineas,” says the Christchurch “Sun.” "This does not augur any too well for her chance in the C.J.C. Oaks, »!>• distance of which is half a mile longer/' U.inip Slraitlace was well handicapped in both her races at Wingatui, more especially on Saturday. This was recognised *by backers, who would not.hear of iho Kiccarton-trained mare's defeat. In her last four stalls Dame Sirait.lneo ' has registered two firsts, a second i.nd a t In rd. ( iviiilv and Siaosi are regular attendnut- on the track, and both are looking very well. The former has thickened out since racing at Wanganui, and a Wanganui writer remarks that she should be hard to beat in whatever she starts in at Waverley. Boadicea quite 'ailed to reproduce her first, day’s form in the Kaufurly Handicap on Saturday. She never got near tin* front, and was cue of tlie last to finish.

\ Quite the easiest win recorded at Wingatui on Saturday was that of Happy Warrior, in the Telegraph Welter Handicap. He was slow to get going, but over the concluding stages was galloping over everything. It is reported that Bolero, who showed winning fbrm at Wingatui on Thursday, may shortly go to Australia for pony races. The southern sportsman, Mr W. T. Hazlett, recently had the bad luck to lose his colt foal by Boniform from Simper. Though Cupidon has not been worked at Riccarton since his breakdown, he has been freely engaged at the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting. This looks as if trainer E. J. Mason has hopes of getting the Martian gelding right again. Wild Hin<i was responsible for a very attractive performance when she won the Dunedin Guineas on Saturday (says the ‘'Lyttelton Times”). F. E. Jones always liact her in a handy position, and moving up to the leaders at the entrance to the straight, she had the race in safe keeping a long way from home. The pace was soiid all the way, and the time, lmin 41 3-osec, was a record for the race. Wild Hind won only one race as a two-year-old, this being the Dunedin Champagne Stakes, but she showed good form on other occasions, when placed behind some of the best of her age. On the form shown last week she looks like holding her own against all the southern three-year-olds, and she must be reckoned with in important races ahead. Whether she will stay a mile and a half remains to be seen, but she finished the mile journey in the Guineas in good style, so thero is no reason why she would not go on further. Wild Hind is by Autumnus from Kirriemuir, by Cianranald from'Madowla, so that she is a sister to Roy il Stag, Moorfowl and Red Hind. The first named pair were good two-year-olds, while Royal Stag won the Great Norther i Derby, so that Wild Hind has fanily Teoords to recommend her. Baldowa was responsible for a brilliant exhibition of speed when he won the Short Handicap at Wingatui on Saturday. His time, lmin 14sec, equalled the six furlong record for the course, held jointly by Songbird and Battle Scene, and he could have done a bit better. The performance came as a surprise, after rile manner in which he faded out of a hack race on the opening day of the meeting, but the betting market showed that the improvement was looked for. Baldowa is by the Derby winner Balboa, who might have made a big name as a sire if he had been given a decent chance. The Polymnian ran a good race in the Dunedin Guineas, being one of the pacemakers all the way, and only succumbing to WiLdi Hind at the finish. He is a brother to The Cypher (second in last year’s Melbourne Cup), by Martian from the imported mare Polymnia, so he has much to recommend him as a stayer, and his Derby prospects must be considered seriously.—"Lyttelton Times.” Gay Juliet was made favourite for tbe Dunedin Guineas on Saturday, but her performance was decidedly disappointing. . She was one of the early leaders, but she was in trouble on reaching the straight and finished a long way back. Possibly she will improve as the -eason advances, but in the meantime she is a long way below top class, though on the form she showed last autumn she looked like making a really good three-year-old. Dame Straitlace has run four good races during the last few weeks. Starting off with a third at Ashburton, she won the following day, while at the Dunedin meeting last week her record was a second and a win. In each of these contests she has galloped very generously She is engaged in the New Zealand Cup, tnd it is in her favour that she shapes like a stayer. Saturday’s win puts her out of hack class, and under lightweights she should pay her way in open races over a journey. The Otago Bachelor Gay, by Gay Lad from Coronata, an Austra-lian-bred mare by Maltster, has been freely discussed lately as a smart youngster, but he did not race up to expectations at Wingatui last ueek. He lost a lot of ground at the start of the McLean Stakes, but afterwards showed some pace On Saturday, in the Dominion Handicap, C. Emerson got him off smartly, but after being one of the leaders to the straight, he collapsed in disappointing fashion. Red Admiral was purchased on Saturday morning by the Dunedin sportsman, Mr A. G. Hill and he won the Waikari Hurdle Handicap in his new owner's interest. He is an aged gelding by Vice Admiral from Red Start, the dam of several useful southern performers, including Neuroma and Good Start, and ho should win more races for Mr Hill, who has not had much luck with his team lately. The Judicial Committee of tjie Dunedin Jockey Club met prior to the start of the Waikari Hurdle Handicap on Satxirday to inquire into the qualification of Sills Rein. Though she figured in the race book as trained by J. Shaw, she was under the charge of A. E. Burnett, who stated, that ho was working Silk Rein under instructions from Shaw. The committee decided, however, that she was being trained by Barnett, amt as he did not hold a license, Silk Rein was not allowed to start. WELLINGTON RACES The following remain in the Champion Plate, of IOCIO so vs; weight-for-age; one mile .and a quarter. (Run on second day) J Paterson's ch h Surveyor, by Nassau —Pedometer, aged, 9.4. R. A. Mackenzie’s b g Sunart, by Sunny Lake—Latchet, aged, 9.4. R. Heppner’s b g Rouen, by Bezonian— Lady Laddo, 6yrs, 9.4. G. E. Currie’s b h Thespian, by Absurd —Leta, syrs. 9.4. W. R. Kcraball’s b c Trespass, by Tressary—Totola, aged, 9.4. W. Howard’s ch g Joy Ride, by Merry Moment—Sanguine, syr», 9.4. W McA. Duncan’s b m Enthusiasm, by Panmure—Martia, 4yrs, 8.9. W. E. BidwilTs b g Suggestion, by Kilbroney—lmagination, 3yrs, 7.11. \Y. T. Hazlett’s b f Puzzle Dazzle, by Kilbroncy—-Simper, Byra, 7.6. V.A.T.O. IVIEETL'G I RAINING GALLOPS. v Telegraph.--Preva Assn.—Copyright. MELBOURNE, October 16. For the gallops at Fleming ton, the weather was lino und the going'good. Clitro, uith S. Craukncdl up, covered six furlungs on the grass in lmin 17isee; MirthJimliei- (W. Gerrurdf gnllopecl nine furlongs on (lie grass in 2min 4isec; Lamart went over six furlongs in lmin Msec; J) 11 k o Isinglass galloped n similar distance in lmin lOlsec; Pnratoo galloped four furlongs in liljsec; Bellamy did three furlongs in L’isee; Gunadoruh did a mile on the sand in lmin same; Ilitalli went over three furlongs in l-f£scc j King | lnguda covered a mile on the sand in lmin .jSsecj Buckwood, The Tyrant, Grnculu.s, Useful, Shrapnel, and Even Hong J galloped four furlongs in oil sec. At Caulfield. Suomi beat Coringalc over

six furlongs on the grass in train 19sec; Linlithgow heat Hamish in a gallop over five furlongs on tho grass in train 4ssc<s» Jubilant covered five furlongs on the grass in train 3lsec; Anklet galloped four furlongs in 51sec; Crimson and Best galloped a mile in Imin 45?ec. Stare covered six furlongs in train l&isooj David, Whittier, The Epicure, Useful, and Cas<rta did four furlongs in 51sec. R. Medhurst rides The Cypher, Useful or Imputation in the Caulfield Cup. CAULFIELD CUP TWENTY-ONE ACCEPTORS. >*er Press As«>oiaHon. (Received October 16, 9.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 16. The acceptances for the Caulfield Cup are as follow:

MELBOURNE CUP

THREE SCRATCHINGS. By Telegraph.—Press >Tsn.—Copyright. (Received October 16, 9.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 16.. King’s Trumpeter, Sidonio, and All Serene have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup. RAPINE ARRIVES, By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright (Received October 16,10.15 p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 16. Rapine arrived late to-night. J. H. Jerrerd, his trainer, and Mr 0.-L. Stead arrived to-day. Roy Reed will probably ride at Caulfield to-morTow.

st. lb st lb Fred Power... 9 2 Comedy Star 7 5 Whittier 9 1 Beeline 7 5 Basingwold ... 9 1 Paratoo 7 4 13 Antarian 1 Ba-ckwood .... 8 13 Hayhope 7 i The Cypher 8 12 Happy Queen 6 12 The Epicure 8 9 Wynette 6 11 Yacamunda... 8 3 Irish Rhythm 6 11 Switch 7 12 imputation ... 6 9 The Tyrant... 7 9 Sandringham 6 9 Leachim 7 7 A. Wilson will ride HayhOpe.